Precise GRACE baseline determination using GPS

GPS Solutions

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 21-31

  Kroes, Remco ^a   Montenbruck, Oliver ^b   Bertiger, William ^c   Visser, Pieter ^a  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

^c CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

GRACE; Integer ambiguity resolution; Relative positioning; Spacecraft formation flying

Indexed keywords

EID: 17444420846     PISSN: 10805370     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10291-004-0123-5     Document Type: Article

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